Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Volume 10 :
Michael L. LaBlanc and Ira Mark Milne, project editors.
- 1 online resource (372 pages) : illustrations
- Gale eBooks .
Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism. "ISSN 1092-7735."
Includes bibliographies and index.
Vol. 10: Bliss / Katherine Mansfield -- The catbird seat / James Thurber -- Death in the woods / Sherwood Anderson -- Everything that rises must converge / Flannery O'Connor -- The fat girl / Andre Dubus -- La Grande Breteche / Honore de Balzac -- The hitchhiking game / Milan Kundera -- Jeeves takes charge / Pelham Grenville Wodehouse -- Lullaby / Leslie Marmon Silko -- My first goose / Isaac Babel -- The news from Ireland / William Trevor -- Wandering Willie's Tale / Sir Walter Scott -- The way we live now / Susan Sontag -- The white horses of Vienna / Kay Boyle -- Why I live at the P.O. / Eudora Welty.
Presents vital information on the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels. Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.
9781414428215
Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923. Bliss. Thurber, James, 1894-1961. Catbird seat. Anderson, Sherwood , 1876-1941. Death in the woods. O'Connor, Flannery. Everything that rises must converge. Dubus, Andre, 1936-1999. Fat girl. Balzac, Honore de, 1799-1850. Grande Breteche. Kundera, Milan. Hitchhiking game. Wodehouse, P. G. 1881-1975. Jeeves takes charge. Silko, Leslie Marmon, 1948- Lullaby. Babel, I. 1894-1941. My first goose. Trevor, William, 1928- News from Ireland. Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832. Wandering Willie's Tale. Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004. Way we live now. Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992. White horses of Vienna. Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001. Why I live at the P.O.
Short story--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States. Short story--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States. Short story.